La Jetée

La Jetée 1962

7.90

A man is sent back and forth and in and out of time in an experiment that attempts to unravel the fate and the solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world during the aftermath of WW3. The experiment results in him getting caught up in a perpetual reminiscence of past events that are recreated on an airport’s viewing pier.

1962

Experiment in Evil

Experiment in Evil 1960

6.60

Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.

1960

Britannicus

Britannicus 1959

10.00

Emperor Claudius had a son, Britannicus, before marrying Agrippina and adopting her son Nero, born of a previous marriage. Nero succeeded Claudius and ruled the Empire. Despite his reign, Nero decides to free himself from his mother's yoke and take revenge on Britannicus, the brother who has everything and whom he envies.

1959

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum 1964

6.30

A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...

1964

Les joueurs

Les joueurs 1960

5.00

Ikhariev is a professional gambler who made his fortune by cheating. Having just won eighty thousand roubles, he comes to try his luck again at a new inn. He is accosted by three men, also cheaters, who offer to join forces with him to ruin their new prey: young Glov, heir to a rich landed estate.

1960

Le Plus Heureux des trois

Le Plus Heureux des trois 1957

1

The incredible story of three promiscuous friends who share more things than they think. Ernest, Jobelin and Marjavel collect pranks and exchange wives and mistresses in the greatest secrecy. But their joyous merry-go-round threatens to collapse at the slightest misstep.

1957

Font-aux-Cabres

Font-aux-Cabres 1962

1

Font-aux-cabres is the name of an Andalusian village, benefiting the Commander of the Order of Calatrava, who supports Juana Beltraneja, the pretender to the throne of Castile, against the Catholic Monarchs. The Commander's tyranny is felt throughout the country, subjecting village women and girls to his whims by threat or violence. Laurencia, who dares to refuse him, is kidnapped on her wedding day, and her fiancé Frondoso is imprisoned.

1962

La Planète Verte

La Planète Verte 1966

6.00

An imaginary planet, an abstract universe in continual motion, where minute organisms. half flea half amoeba, the ‘actuphages', live and evolve peacefully.

1966

Danse

Danse 1961

5.00

A dialogue of forms, colours and movements follow a rhythm which is both plastic and musical.

1961

Le dossier Chelsea Street

Le dossier Chelsea Street 1962

1

A French telefilm broadcast on 30th September 1962, this is a detective fiction, set in London, 1927. The plot is set in a single space... a police interrogation room for suspects. It has only three characters; the suspect, who is an architect, and an idealist influenced by radical ideas. The other two characters are policemen, who try to coax from him the motive behind the death (murder?) of his three year old child. Even in a remastered DVD, the beta production values of a television production will be evident. But at barely a few minutes over an hour, it packs a brisk, at times rushed, but an interesting narrative. Makes one wonder, what other gems must the TV vaults in France (and UK, and Germany, and Italy) conceal?

1962

Reflets

Reflets 1961

6.00

Moonlight reflected in water: the forms and lines are continually rearranged by the currents.

1961

Lignes et points

Lignes et points 1966

5.00

Infinite star space, where luminous forms evolve; dots swarm in webs of insubstantial lines.

1966

L'homme au parapluie

L'homme au parapluie 1956

1

A heart stops beating and two others no longer dare to face each other. While an old lady is found poisoned, the two main suspects in the investigation see their mutual love decline behind vile suspicions. 35 years before Les Cordier, judge and cop, Pierre Mondy is already trying his hand at the role of inspector.

1956

In This Atrocious Garden

In This Atrocious Garden 1964

10.00

This short documentary film is conceived as a stroll through the valley of Thebes and the temple of Karnak.

1964